Electric railway.



Patented Dec. 24, 190|. C. HANSEL.

ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

(Application led Aug. 8, 1900.) l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES IIANSEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE CENTRAL ELEC- TRIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,545, rated December 24, 1901. Application tiled August 8, 1900. Serial No. 26,2173. k'(No model.)

T0' (all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HANsEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Electric Railways, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to electric railways, and more particularly to that type of electric railways in which the conductor provided to supply motive power to the trains is located at or near the surface of the roadway structure.

My invention has for its objects to provide for such conductor or third rail, as it is sometimes called, a simple and ecient cover or shield and supports for the same; also, to provide a support whereby vertical Inovement between the conductor with its shield and the roadway structure is permitted; also, to provide an anchor which will prevent the creeping of the conductor with relation to the roadway structure without interfering with the vertical movement between said parts', and to otherwise improve and simplify and render more practical the construction of electrical railways of the type referred to.

My invention consists in the novel featuresn of construction and combinations of parts herein described.

The accompanying drawings, which are referred to herein and form a part hereof, illustrate by way of example one embodiment of my invention and serve, in connection with the description herein,to explain the principles of my invention and the best mode contemplated by me of applying those principles.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section through the conductor and one of the supports for the same. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken through a conductor and one of the support-s between the conductor and the shield.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the conductor and shield and the parts associated therewith, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detail.

Like reference-numerals refer to like parts. My invention is particularly directed to that type of conductor or third rail which is provided with a pair of oppositely-arranged contact-surfaces adapted to coperate with the double-contact trolley device such as shown, for example, in the patentgranted to B. C. Seaton, August 30 1898,'No. 610,092. The conductor shown consists ofy a rail having a pair of heads l, forming the contactsurfaces, said heads being connected by a web 2. .The rail is loosely supported on an insulating-block 3, which is adapted to en"y gage the web 2 and fill the space between the lower portions of the heads 1, so as to prevent lateral movelnent thereof.v The blocks 3 arel provided on their under sides with recesses 4, which loosely engage the u pwardly-extending bosses 5 of the base 6.

A continuous metallic shield 7 is'locatedv above the conductor and is extended outwardly beyond both sides thereof and is slightly bent downwardly from the center in each direction, so as to form dripping edges 8, by which the moisture will drip clear of the contact-surfaces of the conductor. Shield 7 is supported by andinsulated from the conductor, there being provided. for this purpose a series of separated insulating-supports, each consisting of a block 9, of insulating material, which is adapted to engage the web 2 of the conductor between the heads 1. The blocks 9 are rigidly secured tothe web 2 by means ofbolts 10, the heads of which are located in recesses 11,' formed inthe upper sides of the blocks 9. The shield 7is rigidly secured to the blocks 9 by means ofthe bolts 12, having heads adapted to engage the unf der side of the outturned flanges 13 of the blocks 9. A pair of guard-rails 14 are preferably arranged on opposite sides of the conductor, with their upper edges 15 adjacent to the outer edges S of the shield 7. These guard-rails are preferably formed of wood, with a metallic lining 16 on the inner surface thereof, said parts being secured together and to the upwardly-projecting brackets 17, carried by the base G, by means of bolts 18.

It will be seen by the construction described that vertical movement between the conductor with its shield and the roadway structure is permitted, but that lateral movementv between said parts is prevented. In order to prevent longitudinal creeping of the conduc tor and its shield with relation `to the roadway structure, an anchor 19 is provided, which preferably consists of a piece of plate IOO metal, one end of which is secured to the conductor and the other end of which is preferably bifurcated and secured to one o'f the sleepers 2O of the roadway structure. v This formof anchor, while effectually preventing the creeping of the conductor, will not interfere with the vertical movement which inevitably takes place between the conductor and the road way structure as the train passes thereover.

- While in many ot its features my invention l is limited to conductors of the double-contact type, it is in seine of its features applicable to other forms 'of conductors, and 4I therefore do not desire to'limit myself to the f particular construction herein shown and described nor lo lthe particular construction by which my 'invention is carried into eiect, as inanyfclianges may be made therein without departing fromthe principles ofmy invention.

What'I claim asnew, 'and desire to secure vbyv Letters Patent, is-

1. In an 'electric railwaythe Combination Awith'the 'roadways`tructure,o`f a continuous conductor, a shield carried by said conductor-,fand a series of insulating-supports for said conductor, each support consisting of a ba's'efa'nd a block loosely confined between ythe base and the conductor, Awhereby relative movement between the conductor with 4its shield and the'roadway structure is permitted.

2. In `annelectric railway the combination 'wit-h 'a continuous conductor, of a continuous ports to the conductor.A

4. In an electric railway the combination with the roadway structure, of a continuous conductor, a series lof supports Vfor said'conductor, the constructionbeing such as Ato permit vertical movemen'tof the conductor with relation Vto the roadway structure and ananchor adapted to prevent longitudinal movement of the conductor with relation tothe roadway structure without interfering Vwith ythe vertical movement `thereof.

In testimony 'whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two (subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HANsE-L.

Vitn-esses J. H. FREEMAN, EDWIN SEGER.

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